Utah legislation · 2025 General Session
Utah SB101: Dog Related Liability Amendments
Status: Signed into law, March 25, 2025
This bill relates to dog owner liability.
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
Dog Related Liability Amendments 2025 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Karen Kwan House Sponsor: Andrew Stoddard LONG TITLE General Description: This bill relates to dog owner liability. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - provides that a dog owner is not liable for injury or death caused by the owner's dog to a trespasser; and - makes technical and conforming changes. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 18-1-1 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 438 57-14-301 , as enacted by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 212 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1, Section 18-1-1 is amended to read: 18-1-1. Liability and damages for dog injury -- Exceptions. (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsections (2) and (3), a person an individual who owns or keeps a dog is liable for an injury caused by the dog, regardless of whether: (i) the dog is vicious or mischievous; or (ii) the owner knows the dog is vicious or mischievous. (b) Damages for an injury described in Subsection (1)(a) shall be determined in accordance with Section 78B-5-818 . (2) Neither the state nor any county, city, or town in the state nor any peace officer employed by the state, a county, a city, …
Sponsors
- Karen Kwan (D, 12) · primary sponsor
- Stoddard, Andrew (D, 40)
Latest actions
- : Governor Signed
- : Senate/ to Governor
- : Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing
- : Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- : Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- : Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- : Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- : Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling
- : Senate/ received from House
- : House/ to Senate
Votes
- House/ passed 3rd reading (February 19, 2025): 62 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 12, 2025): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading (February 5, 2025): 28 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading (February 4, 2025): 29 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (January 24, 2025): 4 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Crimes, Judicial Operations, Natural Resources, Real Estate, Animals, Punishment
Common questions
- What is SB101?
- SB101 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2025 General Session): Dog Related Liability Amendments.
- What does SB101 do?
- This bill relates to dog owner liability.
- What is the status of SB101?
- Signed into law as of March 25, 2025. Latest action: Governor Signed (March 25, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB101?
- Karen Kwan (D, 12), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB101?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/SB0101.html
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